Upcoming shows
Political Correctness and the Speech Fashion War
Thursday, January 1st, 1970
posted by Ken Taylor
It’s been awhile since I’ve done this — awakened at a god-awful hour on Sunday morning, to write a blog about an upcoming show. I hope I’m lucid.
Today’s show is about the political correctness. Our guest is Leonard Steinhorn, author of a rousing defense of the baby boom […]
Why I am not a Wittgensteinian
Thursday, January 1st, 1970posted by Ken Taylor
Today’s episode is about Wittgenstein. Our guest will be Juliet Floyd.
Many regard Wittgenstein as perhaps the greatest philosopher of the 20th century. I don’t share that view. But there’s no denying that, for a man who published only one book during his lifetime — a book that […]
Journalistic Ethics?
Thursday, January 1st, 1970posted by Ken Taylor
The topic for today’s show is Journalistic Ethics. Our guest will be Dale Jacquette, of Penn State University, who has recently published a book about the topic called, Journalistic Ethics: Moral Responsibility in the Media. I’m sure you can get a copy of the book at Powell’s […]
The Place of Scepticism and Sceptical Arguments
Thursday, January 1st, 1970posted by Ken Taylor
Today’s show will be about scepticism. Our guest will be John Greco of St. Louis University. I don’t really know John or his work, but I see that he has written a book called Putting Sceptics in their Place. That’s sort of what I want to […]
What’s on you Summer Reading list?
Thursday, January 1st, 1970posted by Ken Taylor
On today’s show, we’ll be talking about books. The sun is out, the surf is up, and it’s time to take to the beach, with a few good philosophical books in hand. We did a similar episode last year and it was fun. So we thought as […]
Flirting as a two-step dance
Thursday, January 1st, 1970 posted by Ken Taylor
Ah the glories of summer. Though lots has been happening behind the scenes at Philosophy Talk — much of which you will hear about very soon — not a lot has been happening on this blog of late. But now that our summer more or less […]
